[ROADMAP] UI5 Tooling 5.0 / Specification Version 5.0

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This is a draft, likely to contain more topics than we will actually be able to work on. We appreciate your feedback.

UI5 Tooling 5.0+

Breaking changes

• ui5-builder: Remove XMLCompositeAnalyzer.js. XMLComposite controls were deprecated with UI5 1.88.0
  • Note long-term support of older UI5 releases which still make use of this. Maybe make this an opt-in option in ui5.yaml?
• ui5-builder: Relocate generateJSDoc to thirdparty module (JIRA: CPOUI5FOUNDATION-593)
• ui5-builder: Task API changes (minify / buildThemes) in context of Task Workers RFC (CPOUI5FOUNDATION-700)
• ui5-builder: Remove experimental CSS Variables feature
• ui5-server: Remove or deprecate testRunner middleware (required resources are part of the npm packages since UI5 1.115)
• ui5-server: The future of HTTP/2 support in UI5 Tooling (http/2 initiative  expressjs/express#5462 feat(http2): add HTTP/2 support expressjs/express#6487)
• ui5-server: Rethink directory serving (Why does UI5 tooling serve a directory index? #623)
• ui5-project: Limit execution of generateManifest task to framework libraries

Features

• New type component (Serve application projects listed as project dependencies in /resources #45)
• CDN proxy or adapter as an alternative to downloading UI5 dependencies in environments with slow I/O
  • Possible a server-only setting or CLI flag
  • Would also pose a workaround for SAPUI5 1.71 is not supported #265
• New extension deployment-task (name to be decided) (Feature Request: Provide hook for executing custom task after build has been completed #490); with corresponding enhancements in specVersion
• New project type project-expansion (name to be decided) which allows to add resources from a different module to an existing project (Relative paths for project shims #500)
  • For example the resources of a polyfill module will then become part of an application project's resources (i.e. included in preloads and with the same flattening on build/serve); with corresponding enhancements in specVersion
• ui5-fs: Add an Adapter to handle archives, e.g. .zip / .jar ([POC][FEATURE] Add archive adapter ui5-fs#454)
• TypeScript Support
• Third party support
• Support for seamless web component integration

Specification Version 5.0+

Breaking changes

• Breaking change: Require a manifest.json for libraries